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OREGON. 



Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles E. Wolver- 

 ton ; Associate Justices, Robert S. Bean and Frank 

 A. Moore; Clerk, J. J. Murphy all Republicans. 



The term of the State officers is four years, and 

 they are elected in June of even-numbered years, 

 alternating with the presidential elections. In 

 June of all the even-numbered years members of 

 Congress, the Legislature, and a justice of the 

 Supreme Court are elected. The Legislature meets 

 in January of the odd-numbered years. It con- 

 sists of 30 Senators and 60 Representatives. 



Population. The population of the State has 

 increased in the past decade 99,769, or 31.7 per 

 cent. Following is the population by counties: 

 Baker, 15,597; Benton, 6,706; Clackamas, 19,658; 

 Clatsop, 12,765; Columbia, 6,237; Coos, 10,324; 

 Crook, 3,986; Curry, 1,868; Douglas, 14,565; Gil- 

 Ham, 3,201; Grant, 5,946; Harney, 2,596; Jackson, 

 13,698; Josephine, 7,517; Klamath, 3,970: Lake, 

 2,847; Lane, 19,604; Lincoln, 3,515; Linn, 18,603; 

 Malheur, 4,203; Marion, 27,713; Morrow, 4,151; 

 Multnomah, 103,167; Polk, 9,923; Sherman, 3,447; 

 Tillamook, 4,471; Umatilla, 18,049; Union, 16,070; 

 Wallowa, 5,538; Wasco, 13,177; Washington, 14,- 

 467; Wheeler, 2,443; Yamhill, 13,420. 



Portland has 90,426 inhabitants; in 1890 it had 

 46,385. Salem has 4,258. 



Finances. The semiannual report of the Treas- 

 urer shows that the balance on hand July 1 was 

 $1,080,944.01; the receipts to Jan. 1, 1901, were 

 $785,279.08; total, $1,866,223.09. The disburse- 

 ments were $921,599.69, leaving at the close of 

 the year a balance of $944,623.40. The receipts of 

 the general fund were $245,145.43, and the dis- 

 bursements $323,233.67. The receipts of the com- 

 mon-school fund were, principal $330,043.72, and 

 interest $113,524.92; the disbursements from the 

 principal $270,107.58, and from the interest $235,- 

 780.49. The receipts in the first half of the year, 

 including a balance from 1899 of $741,316.43, were 

 $1,850,041.94, and the disbursements were $769,- 

 097.93. 



Valuations. The gross valuation of taxable 

 property is given as $125,738,761.13; the exemp- 

 tions amount to $7,933,887; making the amount 

 to be taxed $117,804,874.13. The amount of the 

 next State tax, which is to be based on this valu- 

 ation, is $671,487.78. The tax rate will be 5.7 

 mills. 



The number of acres of tillable land is 2,692,458, 

 their value $24,258,795 ; acres of nontillable land 

 12,370,543, value $20,784,600; miles of railroad bed 

 1,672.96, value $5,217,229; horses and mules 164,- 

 986, value $2,575,379; cattle 386,431, value $4,993,- 

 885; sheep 1,458,098, value $2,205,874. 



Education. The report of the superintendent 

 shows the following figures: School population 

 between four and twenty years 133,181; enroll- 

 ment, 89,405; average daily attendance, 64,411; 

 number of teachers, 3,742; of schoolhouses, 2,070. 

 There are 243 graded schools, employing 1,026 

 teachers and giving instruction to 40,791 pupils. 

 Statistics of 1899 show that there were 31 universi- 

 ties, colleges, and academies, with 270 teachers 

 and 4,783 pupils. In 1900 there were 42 of these 

 institutions. The apportionment of the school 

 fund interest in August was the largest ever made 

 $207,457.34. The whole cost of public education 

 in 1900 is given as $1,598,825.53. 



The Agricultural College had 405 students in 

 December, and graduated 37 in June. In July 

 the Hoard of Regents prohibited the participation 

 of the students in intercollegiate contests. The 

 preamble to the resolution gives the reasons: 



" \\'lirrmn, Intercollegiate athletic games have 

 passed the bounds of reason and developed into 

 a form of mania that is demoralizing to the moral, 



mental, and physical well-being of college stu- 

 dents; and 



" Whereas, The records of all educational insti- 

 tutions show that the standing of those students 

 engaged in athletics compares in nearly all ca-es 

 unfavorably with the standing of other students; 

 and 



" Whereas, The same overtaxing of strength and 

 endurance in dumb brutes that is visited upon 

 athletes is made a misdemeanor, punishable by 

 statute law; and 



" Whereas, The doings of the few athletes ab- 

 sorbs the attention and demoralizes the studies of 

 the whole body of students for long periods, to the 

 utter prostitution of the purposes for which col- 

 leges of agriculture and mechanics were benefi- 

 cently endowed; therefore," etc. 



The available funds of the college were $93,- 

 317.68, and the expenditures $89,964.01. 



The State University, at Eugene, has 8 colleges 

 and schools, namely, the graduate school; college 

 of literature, science, and the arts; college of en- 

 gineering civil, electrical, mining, mechanical, 01* 

 municipal; school of political science and history: 

 school of mines; school of pharmacy; school of 

 law; school of medicine. There are 29 depart- 

 ments and 150 courses of instruction, aside from 

 the schools of law and medicine. Many of the 

 departments offer both preparatory and collegiate 

 courses. In June the degree of B. A. was con- 

 ferred on 11 students, 15 were made bachelors of 

 law, and 1 1 doctors of medicine. 



Graduates at other institutions were: Mon- 

 mouth Normal School, 24; Ashland Normal 

 School, 12; McMinnville College, 3; Pacific Col- 

 lege, at Newberg, 5 ; Philomath College, 5 ; Pacific 

 University, at Forest Grove, 10; Albany College. 

 9; Willamette University, at Salem, 6 in the col- 

 legiate department. Columbia College, at Milton, 

 was dedicated Sept. 18. 



The text-books for the public schools are here- 

 after to be selected by a commission of 5 members,, 

 who hold office four years after appointment 1>\ 

 the Governor. In February, 1901, and every -i\ 

 years thereafter, a circular is to be sent to pub- 

 lishers of schoolbooks, asking for proposals for 

 furnishing books for the ensuing six years. From 

 these the commissioners are to select and report 

 to the State Board of Education, which is then 

 to make the contracts. Each commissioner is to 

 receive $100 for attendance at the meeting and 10 

 cents for each mile traveled. The Governor ap- 

 pointed five men to serve, but one declined, leaving 

 H. W. Scott, P. L. Campbell, W. M. Ladd, and 

 W. M. Colvig as appointees. 



The question of the right of a teacher in a pub- 

 lic school to read from the Bible and repeat tin- 

 Lord's Prayer in school, and to compel pupils to 

 rise and listen to the prayer, came before the 

 Attorney-General for an opinion. He decided that 

 the majority of the trustees of any school have the 

 right to prescribe such exercises and compel re- 

 spectful attention on the part of pupils. 



Charities and Corrections. The Insane A-y 

 him had 1.160 patients Dec. 1, 189s : during the 

 biennial term 679 were admitted, 32 escapes wen- 

 returned, 217 were discharged recovered. 100 were 

 discharged much improved, 65 discharged im- 

 proved, 40 discharged not improved, 2 not insane. 

 224 died, and 50 escaped, leaving. Xov. 30. liton. 

 1,173, of whom 821 were men. The monthly aver 

 age was 1.1 (ili. The financial statement for the 

 term shows that the total expenditures for article- 

 consumed was $148,461.99; total pay roll. *1"-1. 

 710.74; pay of Board of Trustees' and clerk-. 

 $1.333.33: grand total. $281.506.06. 



The biennial report of the State School for the 



